The Paper Crinkle Art Therapy Activity for Anger Management

This art therapy activity works well for an anger management technique. The first part is the anger management technique. The second part turns the anger into an art therapy project.

Materials Needed for the Art Therapy / Anger Management
Activity:

- White paper

- Markers or crayons

Directions for Art Therapy / Anger Management Technique:

1. When your client / student’s angry ask them to take a
piece of paper and crumble it up into a tight ball.

2. Give them a few minutes to make sure the ball is tightly
crumbled. This will help them with their anger management.

3. Next, ask them if they want to turn their anger into
something “calming and beautiful”.

4. If they say “Yes” then ask them to carefully open up the
crumbled ball of paper.

5. Now, get them to color in the crumbled paper shapes as a calming anger management exercise and make a beautiful art therapy piece.

6. The simple act of coloring in-between the lines will help the client / student to calm down and learn a new anger management technique.

As you can see from the recreated image above, the client started out with red and orange colors, then moved to calmer shades of pastels.

*Note: You can take this art therapy technique one step further by having your client / student identify the colors they chose in the drawing. See the “Color Translation” page for an interpretation of the color therapy.

Disclaimer: This website and its content is intended for trained licensed mental health professionals and school certified mental health professionals to use for their clients / students at their own discretion.

*If you ignore the disclaimer above are using these techniques on yourself and you feel any discomfort or upset it is highly suggested that you seek out a licensed mental health professional immediately.

For any other type of mental health emergency call your local 911 / Police Number immediately.

Dr. Stangline does not offer advice / suggestions to anyone who is not a professional mental health provider, or a student who is studying this field and has questions about mental health programs of study.

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